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Nothing spices up a college basketball offseason quite like training with NFL players.

That was the case for Xavier's men's program after coach Chris Mack enlisted Clif Marshall and the Ignition training team to provide speed and agility instruction once weekly for 12 weeks.

Mack asked Marshall and the XU compliance office if it was possible for the men's basketball players to team up with some of Ignition's pro clients in a combined session. So, around the 9-week mark of XU's summer schedule, several Bengals players arrived on campus for drills. ...